London has been battered by 50mph winds that have felled trees and caused travel chaos. Powerful gusts swept across the capital as the Met Office issued a yellow "be aware" weather alert for most of the country.

Chris Huhne’s strikingly early release from prison may have one interesting consequence. It means he will be in time to meet the deadline for applications to attend the Lib-Dems’ annual party conference which starts on September 14 in Glasgow.

London's expanding European population is prompting a surge in the use of new “Continental-style” pre-nuptial agreements that risk costing British divorcees millions of pounds, a leading family law firm warned today.